10 Things We Must Remember on Memorial Day

Memorial Day is the U.S. holiday commemorating fallen soldiers. As we picnic and play let’s try to remember these 10 things.

In Honor Of Those Fallen Soldiers

1000+ Dead In Afghanistan Since 2001; The List of Names

Indiana Soldier Dies from Exposure to Toxic Chemicals

The first American soldier has died from cancer due to exposure to toxic chemicals in Iraq.

3 Trillion Dollars: The True Cost of War

In 2003 Donald Rumsfeld estimated a war with Iraq would cost $60 billion. Five years later, the cost of Iraq war operations is over 10 times that figure.

The Way Forward in the War on Terror

by RJ Harris

Somewhere between the events of 911 and the President’s Afghanistan “surge speech” we seem to have forgotten that what distinguishes us from the terrorists trying to kill us is our commitment to the rule of law. Terrorists and pirates care nothing about safeguarding individual liberty or fundamental human rights, but we do. Our commitment to these formalities is what makes us human and free and makes them the enemies of humanity. This commitment requires us to provide due process and equal protection to all persons, not only citizens, within our Republic’s jurisdiction regardless of where they were captured or where they are currently held.